diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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-template/gitignore.template
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+*__pycache__
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+
+
+#build process
+*.bin
+*.build
+build/
+Makefile
+compiledprefix.py
+sitepackages
+template/calfbox/.deps
+template/calfbox/build
+template/calfbox/autom4te.cache
+template/calfbox/Makefile.in
+template/calfbox/aclocal.m4
+template/calfbox/compile
+template/calfbox/config.h
+template/calfbox/config.h.in
+template/calfbox/config.h.in~
+template/calfbox/config.status
+template/calfbox/configure
+template/calfbox/depcomp
+template/calfbox/install-sh
+template/calfbox/ltmain.sh
+template/calfbox/missing
+template/calfbox/stamp-h1
+
+
diff --git a/engine/pattern.py b/engine/pattern.py
index af161bc..4dfc927 100644
--- a/engine/pattern.py
+++ b/engine/pattern.py
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@ class Pattern(object):
         #If uncertain if the cache works print cacheHash to see what is really different. This function is called more than once per pattern sometimes, which is correct.
         #print (cacheHash)
 
+        howManyUnits = howManyUnits * patternLengthMultiplicator
         oneMeasureInTicks = howManyUnits * whatTypeOfUnit
         oneMeasureInTicks /= subdivisions  #subdivisions is 1 by default. bigger values mean shorter durations, which is compensated by the user setting bigger howManyUnits manually.
-        oneMeasureInTicks = int(oneMeasureInTicks) * patternLengthMultiplicator
 
         exportPattern = bytes()